Temperatures reach record highs in central Myanmar

Yangon - Temperatures in central Myanmar have reached 46-year record highs this hot season, peaking at 45.6 degrees in some places, news reports said Monday.

"The annual March and April heat wave has pushed maximum temperatures in some areas of upper Myanmar to almost 50-year highs," the Myanmar Times reported, citing data from the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology.

According to the department's figures, the heat wave peaked at 45.6 degrees in Minbu, Magway division, on April 6, slightly above the past record of 45.2 degrees reached on April 17, 1973.

On March 26, the mercury hit 43.5 degrees in Monywa, 135 kilometers north-east of Mandalay, and on April 7, a temperature of 43.5 degrees was recorded at Naypyitaw, the military government's new capital, situated 320 kilometers north of Yangon, the old capital.

The exception was Kachin State in northern Myanmar, where temperatures were around the April average of 26 degrees, and rain and thundershowers were recorded.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/320526,temperatures-reach-record-highs-in-central-myanmar.html.